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Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements on Form S-3 (Numbers 2-99681, 33-42959, 33-42877, 33-67772,
333-4134, 333-4136, 333-78393, 333-78395, and 333-86385) and the Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (Numbers 33-27194, 33-2043, 33-49096, 33-60606,
33-99122, 333-19059, 333-85485) of The Seagram Company Ltd. of our report dated
August 16, 2000 relating to the consolidated financial statements of The Seagram
Company Ltd., which appears in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 17,
2000.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
New York, New York
August 17, 2000
