Exhibit 7(b)
August 23, 2000
Board of Directors
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
3520 Broadway
Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6139
Re: Kansas City Life Variable Life Separate Account
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We hereby consent to the reference to our name under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus filed as part of Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to
the registration statement on Form S-6 for Kansas City Life Variable Life
Separate Account(File No. 333-25443). In giving this consent, we do not admit
that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7
of the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
SUTHERLAND, ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP
By:/s/Stephen E. Roth
Stephen E. Roth
