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[MASSMUTUAL LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]
May 5, 2000
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 Select Segment)
File No. 033-89798
Dear Commissioners:
On behalf of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and
Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account I - Variable Life Select
(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 5 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 26,
2000.
Sincerely,
/s/ Lynn S. Mercier, Esq.
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Lynne S. Mercier
Counsel
LSM/ss
