Can the frame border on a BarChart Legend be removed?

Question

I am creating an application for various kinds of plot/chart drawing in Mathematica. Ultimately it will have a GUI, but the first step is to get the code right, and simple e

Answer 1

Not as versatile as Simon's method given above, but nevertheless possibly worth posting. (I found this out while reading this question)

Using Part, where bc is as defined in Simon's answer:

bc[[2]] = bc[[2, 1]]; bc

giving