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Penn Mutual Variable Life Account I
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Certification Pursuant to Rule 497(j)
File No. 33-54662
The Registrant hereby certifies that the form of the Prospectuses that would
have been filed under Paragraph (c) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, would not have differed from the Prospectuses contained in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-6 (File No. 33-54662) which was filed electronically on Friday, April 30,
1999 (Accession No. 000950116-99-000880).
PENN MUTUAL VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT I
THE PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Dated: May 6, 1999 By /s/ Kenneth J. Kussay
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Kenneth J. Kussay
