Life, Death, Family, and "things"

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Long story short, Family has never known how to be a "family." Mom recently died, uncle had to pay for her funeral. Little brother was supposed to inherit the car. You never disputed that and even said from day 1 you don't want the car. You told your mom not to leave you anything except a special music box because you didn't want any trouble with the family. Family has decided her car will be sold to pay uncle back. You take uncle to the doctor in your vehicle and he says "You take your moms car you really need it" again you say "No I do not want it or the problems it will bring." Uncle is insisting over the next few weeks and asks you if you had talked with older brother about it. You stall and give excuses hoping that older brother will have the car sold or whatever soon. Finally you realize you can't stall uncle much longer so you tell older brother what is going on and tell him again you do not want the car, never even hinted that you wanted it, and that he can have the car if he'd like. Older brother response and says to you "you are the only one that has come up clean and clear here" "how come you got the house and now the car?" "it does look like you are the only one who benefits and the rest pays" You are hurt because you have always looked up to the older brother even though he has kept himself distant from the family, and you respond by telling him again you never asked for anything but the music box, and reminding him whom has been here with mom for the past 4 years and whom has not. Ends up words get exchanged, your "family" is now even more destroyed than it already was. Now the hard part... Your uncles health is fragile he's not expected to live past the end of the year. Do you tell him what happened with your brother, or keep making excuses?