He was made one of the Stampede's parade marshals in 1984. Carter was made Honourary Chief of the Stony Indian Tribe as well as Honourary Citizen of both Winnipeg and Tennessee. Carter retired from performing in 1988 due to poor hearing. He died in 1996 just short of his 92nd birthday in Scotsdale, Arizona of a stomach tumor. Though his wife died in 1989, Carter was survived by two daughter, Sheila and Carol Sue.
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