OTHER EXHIBITS - EXHIBIT 6

                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Accounting and
Auditing Experts" and to the use of our report dated March 5, 2001, with respect
to the financial statements of the Platinum Investor Divisions of American
General Life Insurance Company Separate Account VL-R, and of our report dated
February 5, 2001, with respect to the financial statements of American General
Life Insurance Company included in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to the
Registration Statement (Form S-6, Nos. 333-42567 and 811-08561) of American
General Life Insurance Company Separate Account VL-R.

                                    /s/  ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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Houston, Texas
December 7, 2001