Michael Anderson, Oscar-nominated director of ‘Around the World in 80 Days,’ dies at 98

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…