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File No. 33-23512, 811-5629
Filed under Rule 497(c)
THE GCG TRUST
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT
AUGUST 17, 1999
TO THE
PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1999, AS AMENDED JUNE 30, 1999
FOR THE GCG TRUST
Ed Cowart has been hired by Eagle Asset Management, Inc. as
Managing Director and Value Equity Portfolio Manager. Mr. Cowart
has assumed responsibility for the day-to-day investment decisions
of the Value Equity Series of The GCG Trust. Mr. Cowart has 27
years of investment experience and most recently served as Managing
Director of the Value Equity Team at Bank One Investment Advisors,
where he had been a Portfolio Manager since April 1990. Mr. Cowart
is a Certified Financial Analyst and earned a B.A. in Economics
from Dartmouth College.
This supplement should be retained with your Prospectus for The
GCG Trust.
G3059 Eagle 8/99
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