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[MASSMUTUAL LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]
May 4, 1999
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account I (Variable Life Plus
Segment) File No. 33-23126
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and
Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account I - Variable Life Plus (the
"Separate Account"), I am filing a certification pursuant to paragraph (j) of
Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933. In this regard, I certify that the
form of prospectus for certain flexible premium variable life insurance policies
offered by the Company through the Separate Account otherwise required to be
filed under paragraph (b) of Rule 497 would not have differed from the form of
prospectus contained in post-effective amendment number 11 to the Form S-6
registration statement for the Separate Account that was filed electronically
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 28, 1999.
Sincerely,
/s/ Richard M. Howe, Esq.
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Richard M. Howe
2nd Vice President & Associate
General Counsel
RMH/ss
