THE SIERRA ASSET MANAGER
COMBINATION AND VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS
SIERRA VARIABLE TRUST
Supplement Dated November 6, 1997 to
Prospectus Dated May 1, 1997
as Supplemented September 1, 1997
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SEPARATE ACCOUNT D
Supplement Dated November 6, 1997 to
Prospectus Dated May 1, 1997
The Sierra Variable Trust ("Trust") has discontinued the
offering of shares of its Income Portfolio, effective November 6,
1997. Accordingly, American General Life Insurance Company has
removed the Income Division of its Separate Account D, effective
November 6, 1997.
You may invest, through Separate Account D Divisions, in the
Capital Growth Portfolio, the Growth Portfolio, the Balanced
Portfolio, the Value Portfolio and the Global Money Fund--but not
the Income Portfolio of the Trust.
The Trust's Prospectus is amended to delete reference to the
Income Portfolio on the cover page and pages 3-4, 9-10, and in
the Supplement.
The Separate Account D Prospectus is amended to (1) delete
reference to the Income Division of Separate Account D or to the
Income Portfolio of The Sierra Variable Trust, and (2) reduce by
one the number of Divisions specified as constituting Separate
Account D or as available under the Contracts, on the cover page
and pages 7-9 and 11-12.
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