Michael Anderson, Oscar-nominated director of `Around the World in 80 Days,` dies at 98
(LA Times MLB)

Michael Anderson, whose direction on `Around the World in 80 Days` in 1956 earned him an Academy Award nomination, has died. The director died of heart disease Wednesday at his home on the Sunshine Coast of Canada, his family said in a statement Saturday. He was 98. Born in London in 1920 to a...