Calgary says final farewell to Buck Shot at Friday memorial [Video]

It was the last show for longtime children’s TV star Ron (Buck Shot) Barge Friday as hundreds of family, friends and fans attended a public memorial in Calgary. 

For 30 years, Buck Shot and his sidekick Benny the Bear entertained Calgarians with songs, puppets, the birthday book and his nifty battered cowboy hat. 

Barge died at home last month just 10 days short of his 88th birthday. 

The memorial began at noon — the same time “The Buck Shot Show” would air in southern Alberta.

“I think in our heart of hearts if we didn’t have to do this for him we wouldn’t do it this big, but he was a showman. He was an entertainer,” said his son Ken.

“You just want him to have this joy in this last hurrah. It’s been such a reawakening of who my dad was because it’s been a lot of years since …