The San Mateo County Times is reporting today that one of its longtime employees, Harold “Hal” Badgett, has died after a long illness at age 84. A World War II veteran, Badgett worked for the Times for 37 years, starting as a retail advertising salesman and then moving up the ranks to national advertising manager before retiring in the 1990s. The Times reported that he died March 29 at the VA Hospital in Palo Alto.