LINCOLN BENEFIT LIFE VARIABLE LIFE ACCOUNT
24F-2NT, 1997-02-26
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                    U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  FORM 24F-2
                       ANNUAL NOTICE OF SECURITIES SOLD
                            PURSUANT TO RULE 24f-2

            Read instructions at end of Form before preparing Form.
                             Please print or type.
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  1. Name and address of issuer: 
       Lincoln Benefit Life Company
       206 South 13th Street, Suite 300     
       Lincoln, NE 68508                                 
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  2. Name of each series or class of funds for which this notice is filed:

       Lincoln Benefit Life Variable Life Account
 

 
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  3. Investment Company Act File Number:  811-7924


     Securities Act File Number:  33-67386
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  4. Last day of fiscal year for which this notice is filed:  December 31, 1996
 
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  5. Check box if this notice is being filed more than 180 days after the close 
     of the issuer's fiscal year for purposes of reporting securities sold after
     the close of the fiscal year but before termination of the issuer's 24f-2
     declaration:
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  6. Date of termination of issuer's declaration under rule 24f-2(a)(1), if 
     applicable (see Instruction A.6): 
     
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  7. Number and amount of securities of the same class or series which had been 
     registered under the Securities Act of 1933 other than pursuant to rule 
     24f-2 in a prior fiscal year, but which remained unsold at the beginning 
     of the fiscal year:   
                                Zero
       
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  8. Number and amount of securities registered during the fiscal year other 
     than pursuant to rule 24f-2:  
                                Zero
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  9. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year:
       
       Number: 61,062,968 shares         
       Aggregate sale price: $130,776,434        
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  10. Number and aggregate sale price of securities sold during the fiscal year 
      in reliance upon registration pursuant to rule 24f-2:

                Number:  61,062,968 shares                
                
                Aggregate sale price:  $130,776,434
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  11. Number and aggregate sale price of securities issued during the fiscal
      year in connection with dividend reinvestment plans, if applicable (see
      Instruction B.7):
                Number:  61,062,968 shares
                 
                Aggregate sale price:  $1,180,154
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  12. Calculation of registration fee:

      (i)   Aggregate sale price of securities sold during 
            the fiscal year in reliance on rule 24f-2
            (from Item 10):                                     $ 130,776,434
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      (ii)  Aggregate price of shares issued in connection 
            with dividend reinvestment plans (from Item 11, 
            if applicable):                                     + 1,180,154
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      (iii) Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
            repurchased during the fiscal year (if 
            applicable):                                        - 102,856,573
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      (iv)  Aggregate price of shares redeemed or
            repurchased and previously applied as a 
            reduction to filing fees pursuant to rule 
            24e-2 (if applicable):                              +          0
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      (v)   Net aggregate price of securities sold 
            and issued during the fiscal year in 
            reliance on rule 24f-2 [line (i), plus line 
            (ii), less line (iii), plus line (iv)] (if
            applicable):                                         29,100,015
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      (vi)  Multiplier prescribed by Section 6(b) of
            the Securities Act of 1933 or other applicable 
            law or regulation (see Instruction C.6):            x 1/33 of 1%
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      (vii) Fee due [line (i) or line (v) multiplied by
            line (vi):                                           8,818.19 
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  Instruction: Issuers should complete lines (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) only if
               the form is being filed within 60 days after the close of the 
               issuer's fiscal year.  See Instruction C.3.
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  13. Check box if fees are being remitted to the Commission's lockbox 
      depository as described in section 3a of the Commission's Rules of
      Informal and Other Procedures (17 CFR 202.3a).

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      Date of mailing or wire transfer of filing fees to the Commission's
      lockbox depository: February 25, 1997

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                                   SIGNATURES
      This report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of
      the issuer and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

      By (Signature and Title)*  /s/ Janet P. Anderbery
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                                 Janet P. Anderbery, Vice President and 
                                 Controller
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      Date  February 21, 1997
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  *Please print the name and title of the signing officer below the signature.
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