WINNIPEG -- She's been gone for a week, but Debby the polar bear is apparently more popular than ever.

This weekend, Saturday Night Live cast member Seth Meyers mentioned Debby's death during Weekend Update -- a satirical news segment -- between jokes about Angelina Jolie and pop star Ashlee Simpson's newborn son.

"Debby, the oldest polar bear in captivity, died this week in a zoo at the age of 42. Debby is survived by her two daughters, Cindy, Crystal ... and her stepson Kareem," said Meyers while images of an adult polar bear, two polar bear cubs and finally a black or brown bear cub appeared on the screen.

On Saturday roughly 200 people turned out for a memorial ceremony at the Assiniboine Park Zoo for Debby.

The Saturday Night Live joke came less than 10 days after Winnipeg was featured in an episode of the TV comedy The Office, another NBC show.

In the episode, which aired Nov. 13, three characters make a business trip to Winnipeg, although the episode was actually shot in Hollywood. For the most part, the writers took it easy on Winnipeg as the episode largely poked fun at Americans who know nothing about Canada.

Debby was euthanized Nov. 17 when a clinical exam indicated multiple organ failure. She had been in poor health and had lost about 100 pounds in the past year or so. Debby remained active and alert until the day she was put down, zoo officials said.

At age 41, Debby was listed in the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living polar bear. At 42, she became the third-oldest bear ever recorded among all eight species of bears.

Debby was born in Russia in 1966. The orphaned cub came to Winnipeg's zoo in 1967 and had six surviving offspring with her longtime mate Skipper, who died in 1999 at the age of 34.

On Saturday, zoo officials said a decision has yet to be made about what will be done with Debby's ashes.