Exhibit 6

                       Consent of Independent Accountants



To the Board of Directors of
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company


We consent to the inclusion in this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement of Massachusetts Mutual Variable Life Separate Account I
on Form S-6 (Registration No. 333-65887) of our report dated February 6, 1998,
on our audits of the statutory financial statements of Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company, which includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the use
of statutory accounting practices, which differ from generally accepted
accounting principles. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the
caption "Experts."




PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Springfield, MA
January 27, 1999



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