 Evans met with John F. Kennedy after he became President of the United States, visiting the White House on 1 May 1961.Evans died aged 84 on 31 January 1989.Evans would be mentioned by name in Jimmy Dean's "PT-109" song, the Warner Brothers "PT-109" movie, in which he was portrayed by Michael Pate, and a 2002 National Geographic special, "The Search for Kennedy's PT 109".